the rain is coming down pretty steady. six minutes ago it's pretty steady. you definitely need your wipers and you need to head out early if you're going to get through this morning drive. there's a lot of rain on your commute on the drive this morning. we are riding along with the morning rush headed 95 south. we're going to stay with you for updates throughout the morning. >> molette, a lot happening. don't worry about it. if you haven't downloaded our storm team 4 watch app, this is the time to do it. get alerts on when the rain is moving through your area. 4:30. a delaware state police officer laid to rest. corporal ballard shot to death responding to a call. ballard was 32 years old and leaves behind a wife

5-year-old daughter from bowie, maryland. we're learning about the passing of richard pennington, a vietnam veteran. he worked his way up to assistant chief in the d.c. police department. his health declined after he suffered a stroke in 2010. he was 69 years old. 4:p31. eri erika, good morning to you. >> when we show you the video, keep in mind everybody made it out okay. these flames so intense. this is in the city of manassas. specifically the 9300 block of nash drive. this was a two alarm fire. you can see the bucket there with the firefighter trying to spray the water from on top. the red cross is assisting seven

family members. one firefighter was transferred to the hospital. we understand ithere were some injuries. important to remember even with the horrific video, all the family members made it out okay. back over to you. >> erika, thank you. congress is now asking the department of education to investigate the racist incident at american university as a civil rights violation. the bananas hanging from nooses were targeted at a new president on campus. they demanded action. and the sorority's leadership said this was clear and cruel. >> this was a hate crime. the intentions were clear. it certainly resonates with

>> the fbi is also investigating this incident and we want you to take another look at the person police believe is responsible for monday's hate crime. this was in the nbc washington app. the suspect wearing all black covered his or her face as well so they have not been able to identify this person. there is a $1,000 reward. we're getting new reaction from the university of maof mar. a noose was found inside a frat house. university police are investigating the incident. it is official. people who live in alexandria will have to pay more in taxes. it raises a local property tax 5.7 cents and increased water and sewer fees. that will mean $700 more a year for the average home member.

in alexandria. raise my taxes to make sure we have some affordable housing. >> i feel this is too much and we had enough options presented to us. >> the votes passed 6-1. average property taxes will go up about $356 per year. the rest of the increases come from full-time maintenance fees increasing by $350 a year. the council says the money is needed for outdated sewers and to fund metro. 4:34. republicans are claiming a win this morning after the first steps in the repeal of the affordable care act passed in the house. this is, of course, coming after seven years of gop opposition and it is president trump's first major segttive win. gop was able to

members of the party with 217 votes to 213. that victory may be short lived as the repeal vote heads to the senate. edward lawrence will break down what they need to do. >> wizards play again on sunday. we want to see more of this. >> wall. the drive. >> that's right, baby. they took out the celtics last night winning by more than 25 points. john wall was the leader again. wasn't all great to watch. he knocked the player to the floor and he was ejected. they play at the verizon center and then they go back to boston. >> 4:35. another look at weather and

but let's get to chuck and sheena. good morning. >> lots and lots and lots of rain coming our way for today. >> yeah. we're talking about heavy rain. it could lower visibility while you're driving. you want to take your time. >> absolutely right. you want to make sure you check with your carrier. there are going to be a lot of airline delays from boston to washington. weather alert today. putting out postings on all of our social media platforms the. heaviest of the rain will be in the morning hours. in the afternoon there's a chance for stronger thunderstorms. we are guaranteed to get showers. it's an ugly weekend to be around here. here's the heavy rain. your weekend planner, saturday and sunday not pretty

slight showers likely on friday. stray shower on sun. this weekend we'll be lucky to get into the low 60s. here's sheena with a track on the radar. >> very different than last weekend. much cooler across the area. today this morning our temperatures are fairly comfortable. heavy rain down to the south and west. moving pretty quickly. should be near the district around 8:00 this morning. some of the storms could speed up. we could see it sooner. we'll be watching it with moderate rainfall. we'll take a closer look at your commute. >> inner loop and outer loop, you can see no road work or

of the rain that is falling all over the place. ray car showing wet roads. same thing on 66 and 95. earlier problem 95 southbound at dumfries road. northbound and southbound everything rolling along. left lanes getting by. on the scene at livingston road between obvioxon hill road. 4:38. if you missed it last night, by now you may have seen it online. >> jim vant announced he was diagnosed with cancer. he's going to keep working as much as his treatment allows. >> we know you do, too. we know he is not one to shy away from a fight so please keep him in your thoughts as we will.

friday morning. it started with notes left under her door but it quickly escalated to a man breaking into her apartment and choking her. hear from the woman who survived that attack and what police are doing now. it's a way of life in our area and now it's being investigated by the department of justice. the scathing claims made against uber. let's give you another live look outside where rain is coming down. chuck, sheena here monitoring the roads. please tweets u

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you're watching "news 4 toda today". >> welcome back at 4:42. a story you'll only see on news 4. a southeast d.c. woman said she woke up to an attacker inside her apartment. she's okay. we spoke with her about what happened. we do want to tell you that for safety reasons we're not showing her face and we've altered her voice. >> he choked me as i was laying in my bed. >> the woman lives in marbury plaza apartment. trouble started two weeks ago while someone left notes under her door. >> i was forced to fightnd

i was able to get him to stop attacking me and he got away. >> news 4 has reached out to the marbury plaza apartments. they have not heard back. secret software may be helping one of the district's most popular ride sharing services play a cat and mouse game. uber used software that identified and blocked service to transportation regulators who were posing as uber customers in places where the service is banned or restricted. the department of justice has launched a criminal investigation into uber. neither has confirmed nor denied the possibility of an investigation. in yof you're just waking ud tuning in, we want to let you know it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. >> certainly is. aerial flood watches out across

virginia, rappahanock county. watch out for high, fast-moving water. turn around, don't drown. >> an appeal of the affordable care act is headed to the senate. might not make it out. why the gop victory may be short lived. local soccer coach arrested right on the field. what police say

good friday morning. talking about heavy rain for the morning commute. we have a weather alert. take your time to see where the heaviest rain is and your weekend straight ahead. it is one of the hardest things to come by in our area, a parking space. a group of northern virginia

why they're eliminating some spots and what they encourage drivers to do inbe stead. >> another airline apology. who is saying sorry now after kicking a young family off a flight. jo protesters angrily welcome president trump back. it is the first time back since taking office. the house's appeal of the affordable care act is his first big win. >> the biggest step for the republicans in their seven year crusade against the health care law. edward lawrence is here. >> reporter: this could be months, actually. the senate is not in agreement over this bill. in fact, senators have been talking about putting it into committee first. the full senate won't hear it for a pretty long time.

pass the senate. what's next for the republicans? >> reporter: that would be a loss. they believe they can get it through. the bill may drastically change in the senate. they're concerned about the capping of the medicaid and removing subsidies. so there's a lot of concerns in the senate. this bill may be completely different. they'll have to reconcile the two bills in order for it to go to the president's des zblk edward lawrence, thanks. president trump is preparing for the first overseas trip. he's leaving in a couple of weeks. he'll start in saudi arabia and then travel to israel. he will head to the vatican for a meeting with pope francis. the tour will conclude with a nato meeting on june 25th in brussels and the g-20 summit in

world against terrorism, isis and to isolate iran. montgomery county police are searching for this gaithersburg man, his name is hardi rex hardi rexi tandaju. he left yesterday for work. his plate is 58959 b. >> today the 17-year-old accused in the reported rape at rockville high school back in march is headed to court. jose montano is one of the two teens accused of raping a 14-year-old student. the two boys exchanged messages plotting the attack. his lawyers claim the encounter was consensual. university of maryland police have

accused of touching women inappropriately. he's described as having a goatee with gray hair and wears glasses. police need anyone who may have fallen victim to contact them. 47-year-old miguel flores is accused of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl in 2015. he was a youth soccer coach. he says flores would touch her under her shirt and keep it secret. anyone with more information is urged to call police. ten minutes before the top of the hour. this morning we're looking at a new study that suggests racial bias could play a role in who gets hired to teach at fairfax county schools. they found out white teachers were 70% of applicants but received 77% of the job

black teachers were 13% of the job applicants and they only got 6% of the job offers. the school system said it was not provided a chance to look at the study. if you are looking for weekend plans to try with the kids, fairfax county opens its first woodland on stackle and zip line course. the trek through the forest canopy takes 1 to 3 hours and features 100 suspended obstacles. there are 9 zip lines and specially designed courses for kids. it costs 28 to $58. >> i did one of those. >> i learn something new about you every day. >> being outside? >> good team building. >> being outside? >> not today or any time this weekend. >> not today. i do want to be

eun, you and i will go. >> all right. >> i'll get on your back. this morning we have heavy rain was we look across the area and way down to the south, be have low pressure spinning over tennessee. we're going to be watching this line of thunderstorms. that will be moving into the area in the next couple of hours. some of these storms have a history of being see career. 50 miles an hour. moving into the district by 8:00 a.m. we have heavy to moderate rain around the beltway. not a good morning commute. alexandria into the district, heavy to moderate rain, from the south. heavy rain

this morning down to the south in westbrook, blue ridge mountains. we're going to be seeing the threat as we go through the morning hours. the rain has already fallen in these areas. we're going to be seeing more. rest of the area, we could cee lo callized flooding. 7:30, heavy rain. by 10:30 a lot of that rain moving away. by noon we could see a few showers lingering. better conditions, more improvement into the weekend. we are going to see the showers on saturday afternoon. cooler weekend. more details on the radar. we have a crash out there. >> 95 northbound at quantico, right side blocked by the crash and the response. earlier problem at dumfries road, into town and out of town

you're seeing rain falling across the area, yellow and orange as well. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problem. southbound 27 after 355, left lane getting by. seems airlines can't keep away from controversy. >> why delta is apologizi

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you're watching "news 4 today." if you've ever spent time looking for parking, you probably will never say there's too much parking in our area. an alexandria area developer disagrees. he asked that ten off site spaces be eliminated. the city council agreed and took away the spaces. they're not discouraging driving but stress there are other means of transportation to cut down on traffic. drivers say the city has to strike a balance. they're calling it bad customer service. >> another confrontation is making the rounds this morning. >> what are we supposed to do? i have two infants. we have nowhere to stay, no more flights? where are we supposed to sleep, the airport? >> the sheer family was kicked off of

airlines flight from maui. the family said they were threatened with jail and foster care for the children. they were forced to find their own hotel, new tickets and a flight all after midnight. delta has reached out and apo o apologized to the family. >> the stroller and car see the combo can be dangerous for your baby. the issue is when the two pieces are attached to each other the car seat could fall off. this affects the silver and red models. they will fix the problem for free. this might impact friday night plans. a brand of gin is being recalled for too much pr

are twice as alcoholic as it should be. no word if any other brands were affected. it's friday. stay with us. "news 4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> good morning, everybody. aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun yang. take a look at the forecast. it's friday. storm team 4 weather alert day. >> you can see on the picture behind us all of the well low and red. that's bad stuff. >> is that a technical term, aaron? >> that is my scientific assessment. >> we have you covered this morning. >> we have professionals who know what that means. i was going to say, i'm so glad aaron is doing that. i don't have anymore

we need the rain. we'll take the rain, boy, it is going to be slow going. >> it is. low visibility with the heavy rain. take your time out there. we don't want to see any accidents out there this morning, that's for sure. >> storm team 4 radar showing shower ri weather moving into d.c. heaviest of the rain is in washington. up towards blu-ray, rappahanock county. that's the place we're most concerned about flooding perspective. look at the big push of moisture from 9:00 to 12:00. the heavy, stead ri rain will be gone this afternoon but any isolated thunderstorms developing could have a heavy rain threat. this morning it's here from now until lunchtime. will it be bad st